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Shaghur

Skyline of eastern Shaghur
NameShaghur
Imgsize250
CaptionSkyline of eastern Shaghur
Hebnameשגור
Arnameالشاغور
Meaning"Valley"
Typecity
Typefrom2005
AltOffSpShagor
Districtnorth
Population29,900
Popyear2007
Area Dunam17737
Pushpin MapIsrael northwest|pushpin_mapsize=250
Latd32|latm=55|lats=34.88
Longd35|longm=15|longs=49.67
MayorSalih Debbah

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:ash-Shaghur is also a town in the Balqa governorate of Jordan.

Shaghur or Shagor ( ; , ash-Shaghur) is an Israeli-Arab city in the North District of Israel located east of the coastal city of Acre (Akka). It was formed in 2003 with the merger of three Arab local councils - Majd al-Krum, Deir al-Asad and Bi'ina. It was declared a city in 2005. It is the third largest Arab locality in the North District after Nazareth and Shefa-'Amr. The name Shaghur comes from the name of the nearby valley which borders the al-Araas mountain in which the city is built upon. The city had a population of 29,900 at the end of 2007.

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Nazareth * Umm al-Fahm * Rahat
Tayibe * Shefa-'Amr * Baqa-Jatt
Shaghur * Tamra * Sakhnin
Carmel City * Tira * Arraba
Personalities
Hiam Abbass * Hany Abu-Assad
Mohammed Bakri * Azmi Bishara
Emile Habibi * Samih al-Qasim
Abbas Suan * Elia Suleiman
Ali Suliman * Amos Yarkoni
See also Template:Palestinians


North District of Israel

CitiesAfula * Acre * Beit She'an * Karmiel * Kiryat Shmona * Ma'alot-Tarshiha * Migdal HaEmek * Nahariya * Nazareth * Nazareth Illit * Safed * Sakhnin * Shaghur * Shefa-'Amr * Tamra * Tiberias * Yokneam
Local councilsAbu Sinan * Arraba * Basmat Tab'un * Beit Jann * Bir al-Maksur * Bu'eine Nujeidat * Buq'ata * Daburiyya * Deir Hanna * Eilabun * Ein Qiniyye * Ein Mahil * Fassuta * Ghajar * Hurfeish * Hatzor HaGlilit * I'billin * Iksal * Ilut * Jadeidi-Makr * Jish * Julis * Ka'abiyye-Tabbash-Hajajre * Kabul * Kafr Kanna * Kafr Manda * Kafr Yasif * Kaukab Abu al-Hija * Katzrin * Kfar Kama * Kfar Tavor * Kfar Vradim * Kisra-Sumei * Maghar * Majdal Shams * Mas'ade * Mashhad * Mazra'a * Metula * Migdal * Mi'ilya * Nahf * Peki'in * Ramat Yishai * Rameh * Reineh * Rosh Pinna * Sajur * Sha'ab * Shlomi * Shibli-Umm al-Ghanam * Tuba-Zangariyye * Tur'an * Yafa an-Naseriyye * Yanuh-Jat * Yavne'el * Yesud HaMa'ala * Yirka * Zarzir
Regional councilsAl-Batuf * Beit She'an Valley * Bustan al-Marj * Northern Jordan Valley (Emek HaYarden) * Gilboa * Golan * Jezreel Valley * Lower Galilee * Upper Galilee * Ma'ale Yosef * Mateh Asher * Megiddo * Merom HaGalil * Mevo'ot HaHermon * Misgav

Israeli municipality merger of 2003

New municipalitiesBaqa-Jatt * Binyamina-Giv'at Ada * Carmel City * Kokhav Ya'ir * Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut * Shagor * Tzoran-Kadima * Yehud-Monosson
Old municipalitiesBaqa al-Gharbiyye * Bi'ina * Binyamina * Daliyat al-Karmel * Deir al-Asad * Giv'at Ada * Isfiya * Jat * Kadima * Maccabim-Re'ut * Majd al-Krum * Modi'in * Neve Monosson * Tzoran * Tzur Yigal * Yehud



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